It's been at least a week since someone post new single vessel device

[Simon_]

https://m.alibaba.com/product/60538538400/Malt-Fermenting-Urn-For-Beer-Making.html

A guy on fb said he got this for £280 delivered. The build quality looks great

The Grainfather users fb group didn't appreciate his post and it got deleted

[BrewDorg]

Mine is in transit right now, due tomorrow or Friday depending on An Post. Got it for £299. Will try document a brew day when it lands.

[Leann ull]

Looks very similar to one on the market here already? BrewDorg do you have a link for the one you bought?

[BrewDorg]

I do indeed. I ordered almost a month ago now when he had a special pre-order price of £299. Got an email on the 12th that they had arrived in the UK and was shipped that day via eBay GSP. The Jim's Beer Kit FB page has some buyers posting pics. Looks a solid bit of kit for the price.

Which one do you think it looks similar to? I saw alibaba sellers giving branding options so I assume all these similar units are the same, just some without branding.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271687277467

[armedcor]

That's the one keg Kingdom have branded the brew butler and are going to sell for around £400. I'm thinking I might grab  one on ebay!

[BrewDorg]

The Brew Butler is absolutely identical yeah. Happy to be a guinea pig / show in person before anyone commits though

[Leann ull]

One of our guys in GCB has one and has done a few brews with it

[BrewDorg]

What does he make of it so far in terms of quality? Has he had it long? Bought straight from China?

[Simon_]

The re-circulation pipe looks to be the big improvement on these over the ones being sold in Ireland already. It looks really sturdy.

[armedcor]

The re-circulation pipe looks to be the big improvement on these over the ones being sold in Ireland already. It looks really sturdy.

Totally agree! I think it would still put a bit of silicone tubing on it though so the wort isnt hitting that one spot continuously.

[Leann ull]

What does he make of it so far in terms of quality? Has he had it long? Bought straight from China?

don't know to be honest he got a faulty one to start and they just sent him out a new base.

this one looks like they are on Version V 4.0 though yeah?

[cruiscinlan]

Is there a better Ali maker does anyone know? Or are they all the same?

[Leann ull]

You buying?
To me there are only 3 single vessel players in the Market
Braumeister
Grainfather
Everything else, there are at least 3 iterations of these in the market that I have seen, I suppose if you buy from an EU Vendor they have to stand over it unless its been bought from the UK in 6 months time .

[BrewDorg]

Not sure what version these are on. I've never seen any vessel like these from Ali or otherwise

You aren't talking about the regular ACE boilers are you CH? Does the GCB lads vessel have the bottom drain, magnetic pump, grain basket etc? Or is it just like the one here -> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ACE-BEER-MASH-TUN-30ltr-DIGITAL-Boiler-S-S-1-2-bsp-VALVE-STRAINER-INSIDE-/221617833736

The ACE eBay store gives you a 1 year warranty which is better than ordering direct from Ali in my eyes. Also mentioned in another thread, whenever I have questions or issues with my old vessel, they were very helpful.

[shweeney]

Not sure what version these are on. I've never seen any vessel like these from Ali or otherwise

You aren't talking about the regular ACE boilers are you CH? Does the GCB lads vessel have the bottom drain, magnetic pump, grain basket etc? Or is it just like the one here -> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ACE-BEER-MASH-TUN-30ltr-DIGITAL-Boiler-S-S-1-2-bsp-VALVE-STRAINER-INSIDE-/221617833736

The ACE eBay store gives you a 1 year warranty which is better than ordering direct from Ali in my eyes. Also mentioned in another thread, whenever I have questions or issues with my old vessel, they were very helpful.

assuming CH is talking about me - yeah I just have the Ace Boiler/Mashtun, not the new all in one system.  Only done the one brew so far - as mentioned the first one they sent me had a faulty stat so they sent me a replacement (minus the lid, false bottom etc) and let me keep the faulty one which is decent customer service IMO. Faulty one can probably be repurposed as a HLT (not by me though, my electrical skills are weak...  )